Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crisis / by Cameron Sinclair [editor]
Contributor(s): Sinclair, Cameron
| Stohr, Kate | Architecture for HumanityPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2006Description: 366p. ill. [chiefly col.]; 21 cm001: 10677ISBN: 0500342199Subject(s): Architectural design | Disasters | Building construction | Housing | Vernacular architectureDDC classification: 720.8691 SIN
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 720.8691 SIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Checked out | 22/04/2024 | 109973 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Design Like You Give a Damn is the first book to gather projects conceived and executed by architects and designers under the aegis of Architecture for Humanity, a relief organization dedicated to promoting architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises. The book showcases about forty projects from the past decade, including schemes in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iran, with detailed descriptions for each, illustrated by stunning colour photographs and architectural drawings.
Includes acknowledgements, bibliography
Looks at the construction of temporary buildings and shelters in response to disasters and emergencies
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